The owner of a vehicle in or upon which a parking violation notice has been left or attached by a police officer, volunteer parking enforcement officer, or parking attendant, employed or commissioned by the city, may avoid being prosecuted for the violation alleged in such notice by electing to pay to the police department, as a civil penalty for such violation, a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), unless said fee is not paid within ten (10) days after the issuance of the parking violation notice, in which event the fee shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00), unless otherwise specifically provided by city ordinance. If the owner fails to respond to a parking violation notice within thirty (30) days, an Idaho uniform traffic citation shall be issued to the owner of the vehicle and the violation shall be treated as an infraction, as provided in section 1.12.030 of this code, punishable by a minimum fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) unless otherwise specifically provided by city ordinance. (Ord. 457 §1, 1996)